North Korea cancels visit to prepare for Olympic performance in South Korea

Women watch the Olympic torch relay under a giant banner depicting the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics mascot Soohorang, in Seoul, South Korea, January 13, 2018. Women watch the Olympic torch relay under a giant banner depicting the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics mascot Soohorang, in Seoul, South Korea, January 13, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

(Reuters) – North Korea has cancelled a visit by a delegation to South Korea to prepare for a trip by an art troupe during next month’s Winter Olympics, Seoul’s Unification Ministry was quoted as saying by South Korea’s Yonhap news agency on Friday.

The North did not give a reason for the cancellation, Yonhap quoted the ministry as saying.

(Reporting by Subrat Patnaik in Bengaluru; Editing by Alison Williams)

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